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David Meyer Appelbaum died Dec. 27 at 70. Survived by daughter Shoshawnah; son Aaron (Sasha); 3 grandchildren; sister Debra Manlove. Chevra Kadisha

Alan Barbakow died July 5 at 77. Survived by wife Rise; daughters Carly (Jason) Friedberg, Laura (Scott) Marcus, Julie (Sami) Levy; sons Jeremy, Craig; 9 grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Herbert Ivan Cooper died June 18 at 91. Survived by wife Francine; daughter Jennifer (Bob) Macracken; sons Neal Allen, Peter (Yunhee Min) Tolkin, Paul (Donna), Jonathan Tolkin; 13 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Raymond Fausner died June 16 at 82. Survived by wife Barbara; sons Mark, Ian; 3 grandchildren; sister Laura; brother David. Chevra Kadisha

Milton A. Gordon died July 3 at 92. Survived by daughter Patricia (Jonathan) Dern; sons Steve (Michelle), Richard; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Madeline (Phil) Cooperman; brother Jack (Linda). Mount Sinai

Kenneth Kleitman died Nov. 19 at 73. Survived by daughter Emily; son Jonathan; sister Jean (Jack Brown) Lesavoy. Mount Sinai

Phyllis Leshowitz died June 7 at 76. Survived by husband Barry; daughter Risa (Eric) Katz; sons Michael, Daniel (Rebecca); 3 grandchildren; sister Janice Yeadon. Malinow and Silverman

Hyman Levy died July 1 at 93. Survived by daughter Kathleen Devan; son Jack. Malinow and Silverman

Martha Ludmir-Gorenbein died March 8 at 86. Survived by daughters Sharon (Jaime), Lorie Rice; sons Bruce (Nili), Steven Garren; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sister Adela Elow. Chevra Kadisha

Germaine Mastey died July 6 at 90. Survived by husband Michael; daughter Veronique (Richard Benichou); son Laurent. Mount Sinai

June Rosenbaum died Aug. 17, 2018, at 84. Survived by son Paul Rosenbaum; daughters Ellen McCance, Judith Davis, Leslie Moody; 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; sister Myrna Ramsey. Chevra Kadisha

Rita Sharon Rosenthal died July 10 at 71. Survived by husband Eric; sister Ellen Howard. Mount Sinai

Michael Ruth died July 30, 2018, at 83. Survived by wife Janice; daughter Danna; sons Darren, Duane; 3 grandchildren. Chevra Kadisha

Selma Sarf died July 6 at 82. Survived by daughter Lynne (Jerry) Gillick; son Jack; 4 grandchildren; sister Elaine (Natan) Kemelman. Mount Sinai

Gerald M. Schwartz died July 8 at 85. Survived by wife Raquel; son Marc (Jodi); 4 grandchildren; sister Delores Gadbury. Mount Sinai 

Bernie Winner died July 4 at 79. Survived by daughters Michelle (Bobby) Swann, Andrea (Ed) Novick; son Barry (Debbi); 7 grandchildren; brother Sheldon (Shelly). Mount Sinai

Amir Yadidi died July 4 at 86. Survived by daughter Mojgam; sons Cameron, Kambiz (Sharon). Chevra Kadisha n

Irene Shapiro died July 15 at 86. Survived by son Bruce (Merril); 1 grandchild; brother David (Anne) Katz. Mount Sinai

Sylvia Weiner died July 17 at 94. Survived by daughters Judy (David Scott), Ivyetta (Burt) Liebross, Marsha (Mark) Edelheit; son David; 6 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister Ester Lisner. Mount Sinai

Lillian White died July 15 at 95. Survived by daughters Linda Silvas, Lorraine Bame; 4 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. Mount Sinai

Holly York died July 13 at 64. Survived by husband Steve; daughters Alicia, Jennifer (Brian) Cole; 1 grandchild; sisters Cheryl Bezher, Amy Masters. Mount Sinai 

Edward Richard Zemechman died July 13 at 73. Survived by daughter Staci (Jonathan) Labovitz; son Michael (Robin); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai 

Joel W.H. Kleinberg died July 14 at 76. Survived by wife Laurie; daughter Leslie (Beatrice Mallen); son Seth; brother David. Mount Sinai

Lawrence F. Leventhal died July 15 at 66. Survived by brother Stephen. Mount Sinai

Bernard “Bernie” Kattler died July 16 at 87. Survived by wife Nancy; daughters Deborah (David Kupetz) Kattler Kupetz, Elizabeth, Jennifer (Lawrence Trilling) Kattler Trilling; 7 grandchildren; sister Mitzi Goodis; brother-in-law Marty Bischoff. Mount Sinai

Les Berman died July 12 at 72. Survived by daughter Amanda (Peter) Hill; son Daniel; brothers Joel (Sandy Postal), Barry. Mount Sinai

Gilbert Tobias Katz died July 17 at 100. Survived by sons John (Cynthia McDermott) Curtis, Robert Curtis; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Dyane Adler. Mount Sinai

Martin Rudolph died July 11 at 87. Survived by wife Beverly; daughter Sherill (Shalom) Hogeg; sons Mike (Stephanie), Craig (Carol); stepson, Lenny (Karen) Berg; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; brother Charles (Valjean). Mount Sinai

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